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PLANETARY EXPLORATION
>roll 6d100
QM: for simplicity, I have adapted a very simplified Hertzsprung Russell stellar distribution.
For the purposes of this game, I will just say that G and K stars are habitable; if you roll one of these, you get a fairly pleasant planet. Some of the other stars mostly emit lethal and horrifying doses of radiation... or are surrounded by barren husks of dead rock. The oldest stars may conceal some unusual discoveries - And if only there were some technological means to bring more planets into the habitable zones of stars...
If you possess a dedicated Scientific Research Vessel, you can choose whether you are the first to discover the planet (completely uninhabited, you can name the planet after yourself yay) or otherwise (colonist outposts / existing infrastructure, this might be good if you need repairs, trade or bad if they are hostile / unwelcoming).
SPECTRAL TYPE (this is temperature)
00 O blue
01 B blue white
02 A white
03-06 F white
07-15 G yellow
16-29 K orange
30-98 M red
99 Exotic Star / Stellar Remnant
SPECTRAL TYPE subclass (effectively a decimal point between the temperature classifications above)
00 0 hottest
01 1
02 2
...
09 9 coolest
etc
LUMINOSITY CLASS
00 I supergiant
01 II bright giant
02 III giant
03 IV subgiant
04-94 V Main Sequence
95-00 wd white dwarf
(Sol is G2V)
Civilisational / Biome Tables
(only for G, K star worlds)
00-09 AGRONOMIC can also be aeroponic or aquaculture etc
10-19 INDUSTRIAL heavy manufacturing
20-29 MINING resource extraction, can also be asteroid
30-39 PLEASURE paradise sanctuary / garden refuge
40-49 TRADE administration or ecumenopolis
50-59 SHRINE pilgrimage planet
60-69 FORTRESS sentinel, stronghold world; heavily militarised
70-79 PENAL COLONY incarceration
80-89 TOMB war grave, relic vaults
90-99 DEATH toxic uninhabitable or shattered planets
00-09 ATOLL coral island lagoon
10-19 DESERT arid
20-29 FOREST temperate broadleaf/deciduous
30-39 JUNGLE tropical / monsoon / rainforest
40-49 MOUNTAIN xeric shrubland
50-59 SAVANNAH
60-69 STEPPE grasslands
70-79 TUNDRA
80-89 ICE arctic
90-99 LAVA ashen or barren
00-20 PRIMITIVE / FERAL paleolithic, fire control, Stone Age
21-40 BRONZE AGE chariot, agrarian / animal domestication
41-50 IRON AGE Feudal, Black Powder, arquebus
51-60 DISCOVERY / ENLIGHTENMENT Renaissance Era, cannon, galleon
61-70 INDUSTRIAL Steam, Coal, Ironclad
71-80 ATOMIC fission, spacefaring, drones and cyber
81-95 EXOSOLAR superluminal, translight spike drive, gravitics, posthuman engineering
96-99 RELIC Stellar Engineering, time control, dimensional travel, technosorcery / magic
